Last Known ActivityAlbert Brody reported aboard the USS BUSH, a Fletcher Class destroyer, on May 18, 1944, while the ship was undergoing repairs at Mare Island. At the time he reported to the ship his rating was HA1c (Hospital Assistant 1st Class). Albert would earn his stripe in short order, being promoted to Pharmacist's Mate Third Class while assigned to the USS BUSH.

During the battle of Okinawa, the BUSH was on "radar picket duty" providing naval support for the Marines and Army soldiers who were landing on the island. The ship was struck on three separate occasions by Japanese Kamikaze fighter planes, causing the BUSH to sink. Albert is believed to have been in or near the forward battle-dressing station (the officer's wardroom) when the third plane struck the ship. According to an after action report written by a medical officer on 4/24/1945, he stated: "At approximately 1645 a third single-engined Japanese plane crashed in from the port beam and crashed into the superstructure beneath the bridge. This crash demolished the forward battle-dressing station in the officers wardroom and severely burned PhM3c Albert D. Brody, USNR. Brody was on fire and immediately jumped over the side. He later joined a group of swimmers but was lost during the night."